The World We Have Lost: Further ExploredThe World We Have Lost is a seminal work in the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. The book explores the size and structure of families in pre-industrial England, the number and position of servants, the elite minority of gentry, rates of migration, the ability to read and write, the size and constituency of villages, cities and classes, conditions of work and social mobility. |
Contents
ENGLISH SOCIETY BEFORE AND AFTER THE COMING OF INDUSTRY | |
A ONECLASS SOCIETY | |
THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY | |
MISBELIEFS ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS | |
BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS | |
PERSONAL DISCIPLINE AND SOCIAL SURVIVAL | |
SOCIAL CHANGE AND REVOLUTION IN THE TRADITIONAL WORLD | |
THE PATTERN OF AUTHORITY AND OUR POLITICAL HERÍTAGE | |
THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION AND THE RULE OF AN ÉLITE | |
AFTER THE TRANSFORMATION | |
UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES IN TIME | |
NOTES TO THE TEXT | |
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